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Mayor in talks about Town Hall

The petition to save Cobar’s historic Town Hall building has now garnered over 800 signatures from some very passionate residents, however there was only a handful in attendance at the Mayor’s Town Hall Working Group meeting on Monday night. A dozen members of the community, along with five Councillors and […]

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Council spreads some Christmas cheer

Cobar’s seniors were wined and dined at Cobar Shire Council’s Seniors Citizens Christmas Party last Wednesday at the Ward Oval Pavilion. There was a fantastic turn out for this year’s festivities which included a delicious Christmas lunch prepared by Council staff, guests were waited on by staff and councillors, there […]

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Woman and dog escape injury in building collapse

Cobar’s emergency services were called the main street on Saturday morning following a partial building collapse that sent debris onto the footpath and road and forced a temporary road closure. Nearby witnesses reported hearing a loud bang, “almost like an explosion,” as part of the building’s brick facade gave way […]

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Are we going to love it or list it?

Cobar residents (backed by former residents) have spoken out in opposition to Cobar Shire Council’s resolution to demolish the Cobar Town Hall. Councillors voted at their Ordinary Meeting last month to approve the preparation and lodgement of necessary studies and applications, including heritage, planning, and environmental assessments, to support demolition […]

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Endeavor’s employees to return to work

Following last week’s tragedy at Endeavor Mine, where two workers lost their lives and another was injured, some of the mine’s employees are set to return to work today as part of the company’s staged recommencement of operations. Polymetals employees, Patrick McMullen (known as “Ambrose”, aged 59, Mining Supervisor and […]

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Community in mourning following mine tragedy

Cobar residents awoke yesterday morning to the devastating news that two workers had been killed in an accident at Endeavor Mine. According to the Police Media report, two people died following an underground explosion at Polymetals’ Endeavor Mine yesterday morning. Emergency services were called to the mine at about 3.45am […]

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LBV residents ready to hit the road

The Lilliane Brady Village retirement home residents and staff are ready to hit the road following the delivery of their new bus last week. The new Toyota Hiace 10 seater bus, which is part of Cobar Shire Council’s fleet of vehicles, was personally delivered to the Village last Thursday with […]

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Tour de OROC welcomed to town

The first peloton of the Tour de OROC 2025 group of riders arrived in Cobar yesterday just before 3pm and were greeted by locals, including the COOSH (Cobar Outside of School Hours Care) kids at Drummond Park. The cyclists rode 130km from Nyngan to Cobar yesterday as part of their […]

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2025 Show n Shine goes full throttle

There were plenty of head-turning entries for this year’s Running on Empty Festival Show n Shine event on Saturday in Drummond Park. From the field of 92 entries, Paul Whillock from Dubbo, won the Judges Choice for Best Sedan with his vibrant blue 1962 Valiant. The Pre 1990 Class was […]